erotica

Etymology
From neuter plural of, from. .

Noun

 * 1)   literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
 * 2)  A work of erotica.
 * 1)  A work of erotica.
 * 1)  A work of erotica.

Usage notes
This word sometimes encompasses only material that is not pornographic and has or is purported to have artistic or social value, but also can include pornography, depending on the context and speaker.

Translations

 * Arabic: شَبَقِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: эро́тыка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 色情作品, 淫穢書畫
 * Czech:
 * Danish: erotik
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: erootika
 * Finnish: eroottinen kirjallisuus
 * French:
 * Georgian: ეროტიკა
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 色情作品, エロティカ
 * Korean: 색정 작품(色情作品), 에로티카, 성애물(性愛物)
 * Latvian: erotika
 * Lithuanian: erotika
 * Macedonian: еротика
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: erotikk
 * Nynorsk: erotikk
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: еро̀тика
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: erotika
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: еро́тика

Etymology
Probably a, but possibly borrowed from another language.

Noun

 * 1)   erotic subject matter

Usage notes
In Dutch erotica is more commonly used as a plural (see below) than as a singular noun.